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Things were different now. asia had ruined me for my old life. ♪ i took a walk through this beautiful world ♪ ♪ felt the cool rain on my shoulder ♪ ♪ found something good in this beautiful world ♪ ♪ i felt the rain getting colder ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ [ laughter ] >> man: whiskey for farmer! >> anthony: oh, that's good. this guy's trying to kill us. >> andy: they make more than a hundred bottles a day, so 30,000 bottles? >> anthony: that's a lot of

[ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food. >> andy: here's the local hooch. lao khao. >> anthony: and if you're eating here, chances are you're also drinking. >> andy: ugh. compared to the, uh, the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i

Northern thai food so thrilling and so addictive. >> andy: this place is called laap kao cham cha. laap is the dish that they're known for, which is the minced meat salad. >> anthony: now what's that furry material there? >> andy: that's one of the many stomachs of the cow. it might be the third stomach. mm. it's bitter. it means it has just a little bit of the bile. the gentleman over there, uncle, he's the laap master. they win laap competitions. >> anthony: oh yeah? >> andy: they're killing it. they're supporting the whole damn family. the woman who just took our order, her family and her h...

>> farmer: that's for you. okay. >> anthony: oh yeah. oh, the nam prik is awesome. >> andy: isn't it delicious? this rice is grown here in the village. you just kinda make a little spoon-shaped ball with it. >> anthony: now, what's the famous greeting? is it, "have you eaten yet?" or is it "have you had rice?" >> andy: it's both. literally it means, "have you eaten rice yet?" but what it really means is, "how's it going?" >> anthony: it is assumed that if you haven't eaten yet, things are not going well. if you've eaten, rice is such a fundamental component.

And then deep fry it. >> anthony: good stuff. >> andy: mmm. >> man: first one, same thing, gasoline, fire. >> anthony: this guy's trying to kill us. >> andy: yeah. >> man: okay, okay. [ andy speaking thai ] >> farmer: for my uncle. >> andy: yes, for your uncle. yes. 69 years old. >> anthony: looking good. >> andy: he drinks half a bottle every day. >> anthony: so it's pretty much the keith richards health and preservation plan. all right, i'm gonna get healthy too. the whiskey, i have to say, is taking hold in some clinically fascinating ways. [ laughter ] >> farmer: funny. [ laughter ] >> and...